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Four of the only 5-6 Black tech founders in Austin to raise $5M for a startup have moved away from the city in

If you work at any of these Austin companies, I would love to pay you $50 to take a 3 minute online survey.

If you are impacted by these Pixar / Disney layoffs or any other layoffs in entertainment or tech, I would love to pay

I schedule calls with anywhere from 5 to 20 professionals each week. About 50% have been impacted by a layoff and the other

Most important TenYour metric so far:

29% of people I spoke with in February (our first month) became customers.

March: 38%

April: 48%

May: 55% (so far)

Am

It is not at all surprising to see Charles Hudson on this list.

Charles was one of the first VCs to say no

I can’t hire someone who doesn’t believe in what I’m building enough to become a customer. Honestly I’m not sure anyone should.

Thank you Sian Morson for recommending this documentary!

And now I’m recommending it to you all, especially those in tech or film.

MoviePass, MovieCrash

This reality of young employees being last hired and first fired (laid off, usually) is something that comes up every week in my

Do you work for a company that has announced or conducted layoffs in 2024?

I would love to pay you $50 today to

I’m a Black man from Texas so Juneteenth has particular signicance with me. But, now being a founder building a company specifically focused

Earlier in my career as an entrepreneur, I placed a lot of value on passion and conviction. I believed these two attributes could

A layoff is a good opportunity to invest in your LinkedIn, no doubt.

But balance out the time you spend posting here with

This video is from the coach of the team that won the Little League World Series. I appreciate that it’s clear he is

Seven years ago talking travel and tech with Apple CEO Tim Cook at Capital Factory in Austin.

I’ve had several cool moments as

Shared some of my entrepreneurial story with Beyond Normal Media and Kenneth Groom. Check it out.

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We are growing at TenYour and here is our newest job opening:

Job Title: Fullstack Web Engineer (Frontend Emphasis)
Location: Sacramento, CA (in-office 3+ days

What we’re building at TenYour has bigger implications.

I can never forget 9/11.

The day has always been a reminder of how dangerous the world can feel yet how much opportunity

It’s common to assume serial entrepreneurs will find more success than first-time founders.

We have more established networks and connections, we are more